0Assessment and Explanation of Performance of Urban Growth Boundary (mahdodeh-e-shahri) and Urban Protection Area (harim-e-shahri) on Control of Overspill Growth in Mazandaran

Document Type : Articles from PhD & Master Dissertations

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1 MA in Urban Planning, Department of Urbanism, Faculty of Art and Architecture, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iran

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Urbanism, Faculty of Art and Architecture, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iran

Abstract

Demarcation of urban growth areas (Mahdode-e-Shahri) and urban protection areas (Harim-e-Shahri) are formal and regulatory tools for policymaking and planning with the aim of controlling urban development and growth spillover beyond the cities. According to the law, municipalities are obligated to prevent illegal and unplanned land developments by using these planning tools. Assessing the function and performance of these tools to control and direct the expansion of peri- urban development is the main goal of the current study. In this case, researchers try to figure out the growth trend of city peripheries by considering the approval of urban growth areas and urban protection areas (confirmed by current master plans) and using the population of residential areas located in different territories known as urban growth areas, urban protection areas and outside the protection areas of four main cities in Mazandaran province (Sari, Amol, Babol, Ghaemshahr). Research findings show the incompetency and inability of urban protection areas to control growth spillover in peri-urban areas of Mazandaran province. Growth in urban protection areas especially in settlements with less distance from urban growth area hasn't been reduced after adoption of these planning tools.

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  • Receive Date: 23 February 2021
  • Accept Date: 23 February 2021

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